Best job in the world!

I thank God every day for my new job.
I am so blessed, and in awe at how wonderful it is all working out.

Today was such a hard day - read on for details
(you may get a laugh out of this one).

For morning tea we had a freshly made chocolate cake with
choc frosting and coconut sprinkles.

For lunch we had a BBQ - sausages, salad, bread etc.
Then we had an ice-cream in a cone.

For afternoon tea we had marble birthday cake.

During the day I was entertained (I say that loosly) by the pianola.

And one of the resident felines paid me a visit. I am not sure if the cat that visited me was Kath or Kim, but she came into my office, after she got sick of the music, and sat at my feet while I worked. Yes I did actually do some work today as well. The cat followed me to the photocopy room and back. After she stopped of in the DON's office I fetched her out and she came back to my office for awhile.

When I noticed that we were a little short on Admin staff today I asked my boss if she would like me to work back a bit. I usually leave at 2.30pm so I can pick up Tyler from school but today I stayed on till 4.30pm. Mum picked up Tyler for me and popped up to work to give me something. Just after they got there, Aunty Jo and Amy dropped in to get some forms. So for just a brief moment I had 4 family members in my office.

Adjusting to working 5 days a week when I haven't done that since before Tyler was born is a bit challenging but we will get there. Hopefully I can catch up on organising this house over the weekend. Its a bit hard when I only have 1 pair of hands to do everything.

The only thing that is on my mind is that I didn't get to say good bye to my work mates at either of my part time jobs or playgroup. I will have to pop in to say good bye soon to all of these groups of people. I left quite unexpectly, for me and well as for them, and didn't get a chance to explain why the sudden leaving, and the great job that I have been offered.

Thanks for reading and hope you have a happy day.
Leesa xxx

Tyler at school - still the first month

I love hearing all of Tyler's news after school. Sometimes he says things straight away, sometimes later on at night, or maybe the next day. But a love hearing it all.

Yesterday at the Monday morning assembly Tyler's class received the most points from the previous week and they get to have the trophy for the week. Tyler was asked to go up the front and receive it. I wasn't there but apparently he did it with confidence.
His words : "I saw alot of people there and I just thought to myself, well they are nice people and I will just show them our trophy". How cute.

Today in his planner he received a "P".
P stands for positive.
In my day (boy that sounds old) it would be like getting an "A".
The P was for French. Yes, they are learning a French.

I had a chance to speak to the teacher this afternoon just in a casual way. During the conversation I asked her if she had heard Tyler do any reading. Yes, she has and was joking about what will she be able to teach him. She said he has read several things for her. In one instance the teacher was explaining what they had to do with their next task and Tyler said "but Miss S, it says here to do it a different way".
AT 4, nearly 5, he is correcting the teacher. All I can say is good luck to the teacher.
Apparently I used to "keep my teachers on their toes" too, but not quite this early in my schooling.

Angel's bite

Tyler and Angel (our pup) were playing in the back yard having a wonderful time. We were kicking the ball around and trying to get Angel to fetch. Lots of laughs were had until..........
Angel bit Tyler right on the eye lid.
Oh my gosh, the screaming and the blood really freaked me out. My neighbour heard the screams and saw the blood and came running.
Luckily it wasn't half as bad as I first thought. They were playing and it was an accident but like any part on the face, the blood flows quite easily. He got a little nick right on his eyelid which immediatly swelled. The swelling has gone down but he eyelid is very bruised. He has pretty colours, like he is wearing eyeshadow.
I will try to remember to take a photo of him tomorrow and post that on too.
Luckily everyone is fine.

My New Job

What a week I have had !!!!

Monday when I dropped tyler off at school I went for a walk for excercise purposes.
I thought every morning when I drop him off I will walk the long way home and get some excercise before I start my day at home getting my house into some sort of order. Well that was the plan. But it only lasted one day.

Tuesday I worked at my normal Tuesday job which I quite enjoy. I left early to go and pick up Tyler as I hadn't organised any thing else for him at this stage.

Wednesday before I left to take tyler to school, I received a phone call that would possibly change my life, for the better!
A dear friend of mine that I met through church rang to see if I was looking for any casual work at the moment. Yep sure am, I have lots of bills to pay and can't see my way out of them at the moment. The receptionist at her work had given her resignation and was to finish up at the end of the month but the situation changed and she left unexpectedly early. They needed someone to fill in for about 1-2 weeks while they got the position filled. I eagerly agreed and made arrangements to start the following morning.
Before the conversation ended I was asked in more detail what I do and what I was after. To cut a long story short, we then made arrangements for me to have an interview first thing in the morning to discuss a more permanent position, before starting there for the day.

Mum came up after Tyler went to school to help me out. We got stuck into the kitchen and loungeroom. I wont go into how much they needed an overhaul but lets just say I am sure glad its done now. The bedrooms are next. Mum then stayed with Tyler while I went to an infomation night at his school with his teacher. That was really good too.

Thursday after I dropped Tyler off at school I rushed straight up to my friends work. I was so nervous. And then when I realised I was being interviewed by several people my nerves went very jittery. The interview must have went VERY well because when we had finished there I was shown my office, introduced to the other admin people then given a GRAND tour right around the large place and surrounding areas. When I got back to the office I then basically began my inductions (which was another tour around the large building but with the OH&S person) !!!!!!
I am on a 3 week trial and if all goes well then I stay!! YEAH!!!!!!!

Friday back at my new job in my new office with some of the nicest people to work with. It is so great. I am totally loving this job. It is so friendly, and it just feels that this is where I am supposed to be. I have seen several familiar faces here from my church, which is so cool.
After I picked up muchkin today I called up to the Chiropractor to see if she can fit me in as my back/hip/leg have been sore for weeks and is getting quite painful. Luckily she was having a quiet afternoon and could fit me in.

I am able to work around tyler which is just so unreal. Most days I drop him off to school and drive about 2 minutes to get to work. And I can leave in time to pick him up. On Mondays I am going to see if mum can get him, and Fridays I might enrol him in after school care with our neighbours kids so that I can work till 4.30 on these days. And the best thing that I was told in the interview was that if there is something at the school that I need to go to, eg Tyler getting an award or something like that, then I can go. How cool is that?!?!?
I don't know any other employee that would be this flexible and family orientated.

I feel as though my prayers have been answered and I am truely blessed.
I have been praying for a job that is in school hours as I don't want to miss out on Tyler's schooling. And now I have been offered the bestest job ever. He is my one and only child and we can never get this time back again. Every moment in Tyler's life is special to me and I want to walk beside him and experience his joys and pains with him.

Tyler's first weeks at School

Its hard to believe that Tyler has now completed his first 2 full weeks at school. Where has this time gone. I could swear it was only a day or so ago that was his first day.

Tyler is doing so well at school and is really enjoying it.
He has received a class award for good listening and lots of stickers awards, as well as his first award for being a good friends.
He has news day every Tuesday - the first week he talked about his pets and the second week he took in his guitar. His teacher said she was very impressed by Tyler's information about all the different parts of the guitar - struts etc. I don't even know them but Tyler explained it all to his friends. Since then at least 2 other kids have taken in their guitars. One mother joking complained to me that now she has to buy a case for her childs guitar as Tyler has one. LOL.

They get homework each week. They are to learn a memory verse from the bible and draw a picture that relates to it. Tyler can say the first two verses he has learnt so easily and with passion.
When he was telling me about the things in his classroom he was very excited to tell me that there are BIBLES in his classroom. He thinks this is pretty awesome.

At this school they are to wear their sports uniform on 2 separate days - one for sports day and the other is a kids fitness program. And his teacher also tries to do some sort of physical activity with them everyday. Sometimes she takes them out to the climbing equipment during class time so they can have a good play just with each other there and not the bigger kids. They LOVE this. Other times they do a lot of singing and dancing.

Tyler is also enjoying his library lessons - he proudly displayed to me the way to carry books and what a title page is and a contents page, and who the author is.
Its so great that Tyler's passions are able to be expressed at school - that being the bible, music, and books. No wonder he is loving it.!!!

Naturally five full days are quite hard on him. Middle of last week there were tears in the morning when someting didn't quite go his way. It wasn't the situation as much as being so very exhausted. And earlier this week when a fellow class mate hit his hat off his head, well let me tell you, there was anger and tears all rolled into one. He is not alone. I have seen other tears emerge, not from being left there, just from them being too tired. They are only 4 or 5 after all. And they will get used to it. Unfortunately they get over it alot quicker than the mums do. One of our mums was very teary the other day when her boy pleaded not to go to school.

I am having such a great time. The mums and dads that I have met from Tyler's class and other kindy's are just so unreal. I couldn't ask for a better group of parents. And the teachers that I have met are fantastic. I know I have made the right decision in sending him to school this year and sending him to this particular school.

Tyler's first days

I plan to blog Tyler's every event at school, so please come back regularly to visit this site if you are interested in seeing how it all unfolds.

Every Monday morning his school has a short assembly where they present merit awards.
The very first monday, after only being at school for two half days, Tyler was presented with an award for "being a good friend"!!
Wow, how exciting. I was so proud I nearly burst!
He was the first Kindy kid to be called out and no-body had to tell him what to do or where to stand. He had watched the other kids in the older classes and just knew what to do, like he had done it a thousand times before, bless him.
I couldn't wait to run home and ring Mum to tell her.

I will post a photo of him with his first award soon, so stay tuned.

Tyler's first day at Kindergarten

Tyler started Kindy last Thursday.

What a great adventure for us all.
Thursday and Friday were only half days. Starting Monday they go full days.
Tyler (and I) have been really excited about starting school. On Thursday morning I had the camera out all day. I took photos of Tyler waking up, having breakfast, cleaning his teeth, getting dressed, saying bye to Nan, walking to school etc etc. It was fun and Tyler enjoyed all the attention.

He has a really nice teacher at a great school. There are 3 Kindy classes and his class has about 14 kids in it. He was so brave on his first day. He didn't cry or get upset, he was just a bit nervous when his buddy took him into the class room for the first time. But his buddies said he was fine. He has come home every day full of chatter and excitement. As a mother it is so wonderful to see.

I didn't cry either. The only one who did was Nan, bless her. She came up to see him off from home but she didn't walk over to the school. She didn't want to crowd our special time. But as we walked off and turned around there she was wiping her eyes.

Tyler has got THE best buddies. He has two and they are both excellent, but one particular is just so gentle and caring towards Tyler and he is always there for him. Tyler is very lucky to have him.

On his very first day I couldn't believe how many people we knew came to us to check on us and wish us well. We knew neighbours, friends from church, playgroup, pre-school and friends of friends, even people I met when Tyler was only 2 weeks old! it was just amazing!! I was introducing people everywhere. LOL

Even the principal and his secretary came to greet me at the morning tea that was supplied after the kids went into class. The secretary thought that I would be her number 1 candidate for the tissue box she was carrying, but alas, not I. Alot of my friends have said that they are surprised with me not crying, but also proud of me. I am just so excited for Tyler going off on his next new adventure. Maybe next week, or next month, it may hit me and I may get sad for me, but I will just remember that Tyler is doing so well and he is where he is meant to be.

Make a scrapbook - it's easy!

Facebook - AARRGGHH

There is a large gap between my last post and now.

Leading up to christmas the time just got away from me. It was a very busy time though I can't remember now why. There was the usual things getting ready for christmas, and the social outings. Oh, and also I worked a fair bit more than I normally would have.

But then since christmas the time has just flown. There has been playing with new toys, puzzles, games and books, more working of two part time jobs, more social activites and catching up with some friends (though there are still more I would love to catch up with).

And then there was a week away. Tyler and I spent a lovely week with Mum and Dad at their van up at the bay. It was great, exhausting, but great. Mum said I pretty much slept for the first 2 days. I think I was recovering from a very hectic lead up to the silly season.

Also my lovely cousin turned 50 and there was a surprise party to attend.

And then I was introduced to Facebook. Oh, boy. What a huge timewaster that is. I am addicted. I love all the quizzes that you can do, esp movie and TV show ones. Playing pirates, racing cars, giving gifts to my friends, letting my mates know that I am thinking of them even if I don't get a chance to give them a call.

I don't use facebook as much as I previous did, but I still allow it to take way too much of my time, and download space.

My goal now is to facebook less and blog more.